It has turned blustery cold today. The crispness is punctuated by a pale blue sky and weak sun. The daylight grows short at 430pm. The night sky seems darker with a bright moon and Mars twinkling in the sky. I know it grows darker even earlier in the Scottish Highlands.
My office is cold and I must wear fingerless gloves at times. I would relish a space heater but do not like the thought of them. What I would cherish right now is a wee dram of whisky or warm cider and my toes in front of a peat fire. I want to slip into something cozy and be wrapped up by friendly warmth. It doesn't matter if you are a stranger or repeat customer. Most inns in the Highlands will welcome you. The locals might be a little weary of you at first but give them a smile, make a joke and offer to buy someone a pint and they will warm up to you right quick.
That warm oasis isn't too far away. Just over the mountain pass, across a burn or two, underneath a canopy of stars and flicker of a moon. Just listen for the music, it will guide you.
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It got dark there about an hour ago. Scotland and the North got 8 inches of snow dumped on it today, so i'm guessing that dram is coming in verra handy right now. I know those Inn's are great to be Snowed-In, in the winter, with the Glens looking so incredibly beautiful out of the window.
ReplyDeleteWe just missed the snow in the South Midland, with a belt of warmer air turning it to a Gale of Rain today as it curved round over southern Ireland and over Wales and across us. I was working on the Welsh Border today and it blew me home..
So that is Mars up there looking soooo big as the sun went down, between the departing clouds I was wondering why that "aircraft" was looking like it would never land. :)
I've just made a big pot of peppery Oxtail Soup, which i now might put a weee Dram in, to give it that final lift, as i close my curtains to the misty fingernail moon, and put my feet up.
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Thanks for the trip to Neverland! It inspired me to curl up with an Old Speckled Hen and listen to the music of the stars!
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ReplyDeleteI'm trying to convince the beggars here to build a fire in the fire place and brew up some cider...
Hum...may have to light a fire under the perspective butts...